Philosophy of religion

Narrow escapes, hilarious predicaments, and grim disasters are all part of the rich and varied experiences of a young tugboat captain on the Columbia River during the era between the grand old sternwheelers and the multi-thousand horsepower tugboats of today.

A person cannot create a butterfly out of non-living components and breathe life into it.

Spirituality is, too often, subsumed under the heading of religion and treated as much the same kind of thing.

Die Klarung des Verhaltnisses von Religion und Rationalitat gehort zur Kernaufgabe religionsphilosophischer und theologischer Verstandigung bzw.

This book examines Paul Tillich's theological concept of the abyss by locating it within the context of current postmodern antifoundalist discussions and debates surrounding feminism, gender, and language.

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion offers a comprehensive and compelling review of research in religious beliefs and practices from an evolutionary perspective on human psychology.

Dig deeper into your Bible study Bring the words of Scripture to life and discover the richness and significance of the original languages of the Word of God.

The experience of moral values is often side-lined in discussions about moral reasoning, and yet our values define a large part of our moral motives, standards and expectations.

In 1931, Edgar Cayce agreed to help a group of people grow spiritually and become more psychic, with one condition: They would have to "e;live' the precepts.

Does Paul teach a hierarchy of authority of man over woman, or does he teach the full equality of man and woman in the church and home?

This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G.

Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field.

Read the best news the world has ever been given about the most significant life in all history-Jesus Christ.

After a short introduction, the authors work through each phrase of the Lord's Prayer, using it as a framework for the Christian life.

The Bahir is one of the oldest and most important of all classical Kabbalah texts.

It is often said that bioethics emerged from theology in the 1960s, and that since then it has grown into a secular enterprise, yielding to other disciplines and professions such as philosophy and law.

Leontius of Jerusalem is considered the most accomplished of the neo-Chalcedonian theologians of the sixth century.

En esta tercera obra incluida en la colección Teología Iberoamericana, el autor estudia la necesidad de constituir una antropología teológica situada en el contexto de los pueblos de Latinoamérica.

This study guide to Amos is divided into three parts.

The capacity of human beings to invent, construct and use technical artifacts is a hugely consequential factor in the evolution of society, and in the entangled relations between humans, other creatures and their natural environments.

Recent discussion of biblical law sees it either as a response to socio-economic factors or as an intellectual tradition.

It is widely claimed that notions of gods and religious beliefs are irrelevant or inconsequential to early Chinese ( Confucian ) moral and political thought.

The Stoic Doctrine of Providence attempts to reconstruct the Stoic doctrine of providence (as argued for in ancient texts now lost) and explain its many fascinating philosophical issues.

Im Jahr 1945 entdeckten Bauern im ägyptischen Nag Hammadi eine antike Sammlung mysteriöser Schriften – darunter das Thomasevangelium, ein apokrypher Text, der die moderne Wissenschaft in Aufregung versetzte und das Verständnis des frühen Christentums nachhaltig veränderte.

Each week brings a lighthearted opportunity to remember that humor and the gospel are not mutually exclusive.

Change your life from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:20.

This book explores the origins of mathematical analysis in an accessible, clear, and precise manner.

Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years.

Spiritual Traditions and the Virtues develops a philosophical appreciation of the spiritual life.

This volume situates itself within the context of the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that is dedicated to the study of the complex interactions between science and religion.

In his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Hegel treats the religions of the world under the rubric "e;the determinate religion.

There have always been historical and philosophical connections between the study of religion and rhetoric, and yet, the phrase "e;sacred rhetoric"e; is rarely found within scholarly conferences, presentations, and publications.

In God and Natural Order: Physics, Philosophy, and Theology, Shaun Henson brings a theological approach to bear on contemporary scientific and philosophical debates on the ordered or disordered nature of the universe.

The first comprehensive introduction to cover the entire span of Kierkegaard s authorship.

Taufpraxis vollzieht sich in Kontinuität und Wandel.

A celebration of 25 years of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar that features contributions from a diverse lineup of today's most respected scholars.

Drawing on experience as an interreligious monk, Brother Wayne Teasdale reveals the power of spirituality and its practical elements.

The most comprehensive volume ever produced in defense of the Gospels and Acts The four Gospels and the book of Acts tell stories of Jesus' life and the birth of Christianity.

The idea of the present study is basically a simple one.

Written from an African American perspective, this work depicts the presentation of the gospel message to the first-century community of Colossae, their reception of it comparative to the presentation and reception of the same to the enslaved Africans of North America particularly in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries.

Inventing Socrates is a book about the consequences of knowledge and the coming of age.

Do you believe in God?

Philosophy and the Christian Worldview is a collection of new essays written by fifteen philosophers of religion.

Peterson engages one of the most enduring controversies in current critical scholarship on the Hebrew Bible, the identities and provenances of the authors of the various "e;editions"e; of the Deuteronomistic History.

Exploring the Philosophy of Religion, 7th Edition, combines the best features of a text and a reader by offering clear analysis coupled with important primary-source readings.